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NASA THEMIS GBO Snap Lake Station

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/THEMIS/Ground/UCLA-GBO/SNAP

Description

Snap Lake (SNAP) Station is located in Snap Lake, NT, Canada. SNAP is part of the UCLA GBO Network.

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Station CharacteristicsValueUnits
Magnetic Latitude70.92degrees
Magnetic Longitude305.71degrees
Magnetic Declination18.46degrees
UT of Magnetic Midnight08:07HH:MM

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Magnetic coordinates obtained by calculation using the CGM online calculator with IGRF 2008 at altitude of 0 km. Magnetic declination obtained using CGM online calculator with IGRF 2007.

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Observatory

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/THEMIS/Ground/UCLA-GBO/SNAP
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
NASA THEMIS GBO Snap Lake Station
AlternateName
SNAP
ReleaseDate
2022-02-20 12:34:56.789
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2022-02-20 12:34:56.789
Note
THEMIS Ground Observatories: Delete obsolete www-spc.igpp.ucla.edu Information URL, Resource Header Description reformated, Replace spurious YKNF information present in the NRSQ description. Metadata submitted by L.F. Bargatze on 2022-02-14, reviewed by LFB
Description

Snap Lake (SNAP) Station is located in Snap Lake, NT, Canada. SNAP is part of the UCLA GBO Network.

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Station CharacteristicsValueUnits
Magnetic Latitude70.92degrees
Magnetic Longitude305.71degrees
Magnetic Declination18.46degrees
UT of Magnetic Midnight08:07HH:MM

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Magnetic coordinates obtained by calculation using the CGM online calculator with IGRF 2008 at altitude of 0 km. Magnetic declination obtained using CGM online calculator with IGRF 2007.

Acknowledgement
We acknowledge NASA contract NAS5-02099 and V. Angelopoulos for use of data from the THEMIS Mission. Specifically: S. Mende and C. T. Russell for use of the GMAG data.
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Vassilis.Angelopoulos
2.CoInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Christopher.T.Russell
3.CoInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Stephen.B.Mende
4.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Lee.Frost.Bargatze
5.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Lee.Frost.Bargatze
InformationURL
Name
THEMIS Ground Based Observatory System Design
URL
Description

Harris et al., Nov. 2007; In depth description of GBO design.

InformationURL
Name
THEMIS Web Site
URL
Description

Description of GMAGS on THEMIS web site

ObservatoryGroupID
Location
ObservatoryRegion
Earth.Surface
CoordinateSystemName
WGS84
Latitude
63.58
Longitude
249.13
OperatingSpan
StartDate
2008-10-22 00:00:00
Note
Start Date taken as the start of the day, that ia 00:00:00 UT, for the first CDF data file under the https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/themis/thg/l2/mag/ data tree.